Airs of Industry

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Wiki note: Similar to Airs of the Khanate, Airs of Industry appears to have separate change descriptions for increases and decreases. When the same Airs number is generated twice, the latter is treated as an increase.

Airs Increase Descriptions

Levels
Airs of Industry
2 - 9A factory whistle, all too late.
10 – 19Expensive solicitors make a show of paying for their client's expensive lunch.
20 – 29Rows of posters stuck to walls: 'RATS CAUGHT and SPIDERS PERSUADED TO LEAVE...'
30 – 39A teetering pile of papers, left next to the furnace.
40 – 49A pen scratches at the dried-out dregs in the bottom of an inkwell.
50 – 59A neat row of ledgers on a shelf – July of 1899 is missing.
60 – 69The clock, treacherous, ticking ever-slower towards closing time.
70 – 79Clerks watch with mounting dread as scaffolding goes up around the building next door.
80 – 89Costermongers walk the streets, each one louder than the other.
90 – 100The rattle of a mechanical adding machine.

Airs Decrease Descriptions

Levels
Airs of Industry
1 – 9A small crowd of secretaries on a break, one cigarette between the lot of them.
10 – 19The rattling of chains and shutters as shops open for the day.
20 – 29Long queues at the telegraph office – one of the operators is out with love-sickness.
30 – 39Neddy-men on the prowl, hunting whispers of union activity.
40 – 49Train engines at Moloch Street Station exchanging coal hoppers for passenger cars.
50 – 59Signs outside a glazier's shop: working hours, prices, 'ABSOLUTELY NO MIRRORS...'
60 – 69The dainty clanging of tiny hammers emanating from an L.B. workshop.
70 – 79The hiss of steam and the unbearable noise of machinery.
80 – 89Temperance campaigners handing out handbills among Bohemians, extolling the virtues of the workhouse.
90 – 99Kaleidoscopic smells from a chemical plant. One day, sulfur; another, burnt rubber. Today, roses and rot.